How I wish I had bunkered some Corrido Anejo. I haven't come across any in the wild but would definitely snap them up at a reasonable price.

Anything under $60 is a buy at this point. I have a feeling that in a couple of years, we'll see it more often in the $75-90 range for people who are buying on the secondary market.

11-12-2013, 15:55

RVTsteve

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All this Corrido talk made me go get the last anejo I knew of. $52 out the door. There's still a couple blancos big they're only a few bucks less, so I pass for now

11-12-2013, 16:07

Clavius

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Bought a bottle of Trader Joe's brand "Distinqt" Reposado. It's 100% agave and is from NOM 1107 (which makes other brands I'm not familiar with). I'm not great at tasting notes but I will say that it is very pleasant and very drinkable straight. A little more burn than I would like so it's not super smooth. But at about $20 I do like it quite a bit.

Like a kid who just bought a candy store. Thanks to a certain generous tequila aficionado here for these. Look forward to getting some SBS's together.

11-14-2013, 14:38

RVTsteve

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Nice, let us know what you think.

Today I got another Tonala 4yr and Centinela anejo for decent prices.

Perhaps even more interestingly I found a corner store with a couple hundred different bottles. Some I knew others I hadn't heard of. Guy said he has someone bring them from Mexico. Here are the ones I took time to note, he had more than one version of most.
Ancestra
Concicas
El camichi
Bargia?
Amate
Arete
Mi Tierra
Caballo Moro
D'reyes
Herencia historico- first run I think
Mezcal de maestro original citrus
Sol Azul
Quistado mistado
Espolon
Acumbaro
Los azuelos
El trador

11-14-2013, 14:46

tanstaafl2

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Don't recognize many but Sol Azul and of course Espolon are pretty common here. The Sol Azul blanco I got as a gift was pretty basic. Espolon is on of my favorite well priced mixing tequilas for blanco and reposados. They don't produce an anejo that I have seen.

Los Azuelos I see occasionally and it always seem to come in fancy painted bottles but I don't know much about the quality of the contents as I have never tried it.

Is "concicas" possibly Canicas? That one is positioned as a premium brand but I don't know much about it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RVTsteve

Nice, let us know what you think.

Today I got another Tonala 4yr and Centinela anejo for decent prices.

Perhaps even more interestingly I found a corner store with a couple hundred different bottles. Some I knew others I hadn't heard of. Guy said he has someone bring them from Mexico. Here are the ones I could see the labels, had more than one version of most.
Ancestra
Concicas
El camichi
Bargia?
Amate
Arete
Mi Tierra
Caballo Moro
D'reyes
Herencia historico- first run I think
Mezcal de maestro original citrus
Sol Azul
Quistado mistado
Espolon
Acumbaro
Los azuelos
El trador

11-14-2013, 14:47

sutton

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Wow. The only one I recognize there is Espolon ...

11-14-2013, 14:54

tanstaafl2

Re: Tequila Forum

Quote:

Originally Posted by tanstaafl2

Los Azuelos I see occasionally and it always seem to come in fancy painted bottles but I don't know much about the quality of the contents as I have never tried it.

I get the sense that Los Azuelos is more show than go with the Picasso paintings on the bottle but I haven't tried it myself.

11-14-2013, 16:53

Max Power

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RVTsteve

Nice, let us know what you think.

Today I got another Tonala 4yr and Centinela anejo for decent prices.

Perhaps even more interestingly I found a corner store with a couple hundred different bottles. Some I knew others I hadn't heard of. Guy said he has someone bring them from Mexico. Here are the ones I took time to note, he had more than one version of most.
Ancestra
Concicas
El camichi
Bargia?
Amate
Arete
Mi Tierra
Caballo Moro
D'reyes
Herencia historico- first run I think
Mezcal de maestro original citrus
Sol Azul
Quistado mistado
Espolon
Acumbaro
Los azuelos
El trador

Those are some MX only brands. If the Espolon is a tall bottle with gold foil, it's worth picking up. I've had a few of the others (Ancesta, Amate, Mi Tierra, Caballo Moro, Sol Azul, Acumbaro and Los Azulejos). None of them are really noteworthy enough to be must haves.

11-14-2013, 16:55

Max Power

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tanstaafl2

I get the sense that Los Azuelos is more show than go with the Picasso paintings on the bottle but I haven't tried it myself.

I've had the repo and aņejo. I doubt I'll even finish off the bottles. Mostly for show.